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Advanced Medical Imaging Centre
Suite 100 – 2000 Veterans Place NW
Calgary, AB T3B 4B2
Please call EFW Radiology
for pricing and appointments
Tel: (403) 541-4200
Email: info@efwrad.com
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BODY FAT
When it comes to tracking weight loss, most
UNDERSTANDING YOUR BODY
FAT MEASUREMENT
DUAL ENERGY X-RAY
ABSORPTIOMETRY – BCA
of us rely on the scale to tell us whether we’ve
A body fat percentage measurement is
Considered the gold standard for measuring
lost or gained weight. A scale measures
an estimate of fat mass expressed as a
body fat and bone density, the DXA-BCA test:
everything including muscle, fat, bones, and
percentage of total body mass. Age, gender,
what you ate or drank that day. It doesn’t tell
health, body type, activity level, metabolism,
• produces a whole-body image,
you what you really need to know: how much
fat distribution, and many other factors
fat do you have?
determine your ideal body fat percentage.
For these reasons, only you and your physician
BODY COMPOSITION
Body composition is simply the ratio of lean
body mass to fat body mass. Too much
fat can lead to health problems like heart
disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, and other
serious conditions. If you keep your body fat
within a reasonable level, you’ll be healthier
and slimmer.
can decide what your percentage should be.
There is no universally accepted ideal value
and other methods of measuring body fat
percentage may produce different results.
utilizing two different low-energy
X-rays to determine bone mass and
soft tissue mass.
• takes about 10-20 minutes to perform the
whole-body scan, and is painless.
• provides a high degree of precision with
a 2-3% margin of error.
BODY FAT CATEGORIES FOR WOMEN*
10-12%
14%
21-24%
> 32%
Essential Fat
Athletic Fat Levels
Acceptable Fat Levels
Obese
Android/Gynoid Ratio should be <1.0%
“Considered the gold
standard for measuring
body fat and bone density”
BODY FAT CATEGORIES FOR MEN*
2-4%
6-13%
14-17%
18-25%
> 26%
Essential Fat
Athletic Fat Levels
Fitness Fat Levels
Acceptable Fat Levels
Obese
Android/Gynoid Ratio should be <1.0%
*General guidelines for interpretation of DXA-BCA result.